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Originally posted by Lux
...they are forbidding you to do so...
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Not to be too pedantic, but the RIAA isn't forbidding it. They are trying to enforce their rights under copyright law. Making a duplicate of a copyrighted work without permission is illegal (with a few exceptions, such as making a backup of something you already own). Using Kazaa (or similiar P2P programs) is technically illegal.
Whether the RIAA is behaving morally, or ethically is a very different issue. The RIAA is trying to perpetuate a marketing and business model that MP3 and the Internet has rendered obsolete. Never mind the fact the the whole recording industry is setup to screw the artists.